6TAKES - Aqua's Game 37 - Hand 5 - DreamLyrics Play-by-Post

6TAKES - Aqua's Game 37 - Hand 5

Final Board:

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 START                          BUST   CURRENT
 CARD                           ROW    ROW TOTAL
   V                             V
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|     |     |     |     |     |  x  |
|  47 |  57 |  77 |  79 |     | xxx |      8
|     |     |  *5 |     |     |  x  |      
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|     |     |     |     |     |  x  |   
|  20 |  45 |  46 |  72 |  80 | xxx |      10
|  *3 |  *2 |     |     |  *3 |  x  |      
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|     |     |     |     |     |  x  |   
|  87 |  88 |  91 | 100 |     | xxx |      10
|     |  *5 |     |  *3 |     |  x  |      
 -----------------------------------
|     |     |     |     |     |  x  |   
|  96 |  97 |  99 | 101 |     | xxx |      8
|     |     |  *5 |     |     |  x  |      
 -----------------------------------

Cumulative scores for the game:
AJ 33
Argus 38
Gypsy 65
Weez 65

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 START                          BUST   CURRENT
 CARD                           ROW    ROW TOTAL
   V                             V
 -----------------------------------
|     |     |     |     |     |  x  |
|  36 |     |     |     |     | xxx |      1
|     |     |     |     |     |  x  |      
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|     |     |     |     |     |  x  |   
|  81 |     |     |     |     | xxx |      1
|     |     |     |     |     |  x  |      
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|     |     |     |     |     |  x  |   
|  87 |     |     |     |     | xxx |      1
|     |     |     |     |     |  x  |      
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|     |     |     |     |     |  x  |   
|  96 |     |     |     |     | xxx |      1
|     |     |     |     |     |  x  |      
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Order of Play:

Gypsy - 37
Argus - 97
AJ - 99
Weez - 101

Gypsy finds Row 1 to her liking while everyone else squeezes onto Row 4!

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 START                          BUST   CURRENT
 CARD                           ROW    ROW TOTAL
   V                             V
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|     |     |     |     |     |  x  |
|  36 |  37 |     |     |     | xxx |      2
|     |     |     |     |     |  x  |      
 -----------------------------------
|     |     |     |     |     |  x  |   
|  81 |     |     |     |     | xxx |      1
|     |     |     |     |     |  x  |      
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|     |     |     |     |     |  x  |   
|  87 |     |     |     |     | xxx |      1
|     |     |     |     |     |  x  |      
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|     |     |     |     |     |  x  |   
|  96 |  97 |  99 | 101 |     | xxx |      8
|     |     |  *5 |     |     |  x  |      
 -----------------------------------

Order of Play:

Weez - 5
AJ - 38
Argus - 41
Gypsy - 88

Weez swaps from high to low, taking out Row 2 for a point.

AJ and Argus increment the new Row 2, while Gypsy sneaks onto Row 3.

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 START                          BUST   CURRENT
 CARD                           ROW    ROW TOTAL
   V                             V
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|     |     |     |     |     |  x  |
|   5 |     |     |     |     | xxx |      2
|  *2 |     |     |     |     |  x  |      
 -----------------------------------
|     |     |     |     |     |  x  |   
|  36 |  37 |  38 |  41 |     | xxx |      4
|     |     |     |     |     |  x  |      
 -----------------------------------
|     |     |     |     |     |  x  |   
|  87 |  88 |     |     |     | xxx |      6
|     |  *5 |     |     |     |  x  |      
 -----------------------------------
|     |     |     |     |     |  x  |   
|  96 |  97 |  99 | 101 |     | xxx |      8
|     |     |  *5 |     |     |  x  |      
 -----------------------------------

Order of Play:

Gypsy - 12
Weez - 13
AJ - 42
Argus - 91

Weez takes advantage of the wide open Row 1 she set up for herself last turn, but not before Gypsy snags a spot first.

AJ slips quietly into the last spot on Row 2 while nobody's looking, while Argus finds plenty of space on Row 3.

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 START                          BUST   CURRENT
 CARD                           ROW    ROW TOTAL
   V                             V
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|     |     |     |     |     |  x  |
|   5 |  12 |  13 |     |     | xxx |      4
|  *2 |     |     |     |     |  x  |      
 -----------------------------------
|     |     |     |     |     |  x  |   
|  36 |  37 |  38 |  41 |  42 | xxx |      5
|     |     |     |     |     |  x  |      
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|     |     |     |     |     |  x  |   
|  87 |  88 |  91 |     |     | xxx |      7
|     |  *5 |     |     |     |  x  |      
 -----------------------------------
|     |     |     |     |     |  x  |   
|  96 |  97 |  99 | 101 |     | xxx |      8
|     |     |  *5 |     |     |  x  |      
 -----------------------------------

Order of Play:

Argus - 14
Gypsy - 17
Weez - 24
AJ - 100

Argus and Gypsy conspire to close off Row 1, just in time for Weez to collect 6 points. Couldda been worse.

AJ makes Row 3 essentially unplayable the next turn.

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 START                          BUST   CURRENT
 CARD                           ROW    ROW TOTAL
   V                             V
 -----------------------------------
|     |     |     |     |     |  x  |
|  24 |     |     |     |     | xxx |      1
|     |     |     |     |     |  x  |      
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|     |     |     |     |     |  x  |   
|  36 |  37 |  38 |  41 |  42 | xxx |      5
|     |     |     |     |     |  x  |      
 -----------------------------------
|     |     |     |     |     |  x  |   
|  87 |  88 |  91 | 100 |     | xxx |      10
|     |  *5 |     |  *3 |     |  x  |      
 -----------------------------------
|     |     |     |     |     |  x  |   
|  96 |  97 |  99 | 101 |     | xxx |      8
|     |     |  *5 |     |     |  x  |      
 -----------------------------------

Order of Play:

AJ - 1
Argus - 2
Weez - 26
Gypsy - 34

Weez's misfortune last turn created the perfect opportunity for AJ to claim his "gotta take it sometime" point, saving Argus the trouble.

Weez and Gypsy play on Row 1 as planned, just on different lower cards.

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 START                          BUST   CURRENT
 CARD                           ROW    ROW TOTAL
   V                             V
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|     |     |     |     |     |  x  |
|  24 |     |     |     |     | xxx |      1
|     |     |     |     |     |  x  |      
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|     |     |     |     |     |  x  |   
|  36 |  37 |  38 |  41 |  42 | xxx |      5
|     |     |     |     |     |  x  |      
 -----------------------------------
|     |     |     |     |     |  x  |   
|  87 |  88 |  91 | 100 |     | xxx |      10
|     |  *5 |     |  *3 |     |  x  |      
 -----------------------------------
|     |     |     |     |     |  x  |   
|  96 |  97 |  99 | 101 |     | xxx |      8
|     |     |  *5 |     |     |  x  |      
 -----------------------------------

Order of Play:

AJ - 1
Argus - 2
Weez - 26
Gypsy - 34

Weez's misfortune last turn created the perfect opportunity for AJ to claim his "gotta take it sometime" point, saving Argus the trouble.

Weez and Gypsy play on Row 1 as planned, just on different lower cards.

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 START                          BUST   CURRENT
 CARD                           ROW    ROW TOTAL
   V                             V
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|     |     |     |     |     |  x  |
|   1 |   2 |  26 |  34 |     | xxx |      4
|     |     |     |     |     |  x  |      
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|     |     |     |     |     |  x  |   
|  36 |  37 |  38 |  41 |  42 | xxx |      5
|     |     |     |     |     |  x  |      
 -----------------------------------
|     |     |     |     |     |  x  |   
|  87 |  88 |  91 | 100 |     | xxx |      10
|     |  *5 |     |  *3 |     |  x  |      
 -----------------------------------
|     |     |     |     |     |  x  |   
|  96 |  97 |  99 | 101 |     | xxx |      8
|     |     |  *5 |     |     |  x  |      
 -----------------------------------

Order of Play:

AJ - 9
Weez - 30
Argus - 62
Gypsy - 93

AJ goes first again, this time at the cost of 4 points.

Weez follows behind.

Argus ends up with the 5 points from Row 2 while Gypsy starts the walk down, maybe.

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 START                          BUST   CURRENT
 CARD                           ROW    ROW TOTAL
   V                             V
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|     |     |     |     |     |  x  |
|   9 |  30 |     |     |     | xxx |      4
|     |  *3 |     |     |     |  x  |      
 -----------------------------------
|     |     |     |     |     |  x  |   
|  62 |  93 |     |     |     | xxx |      2
|     |     |     |     |     |  x  |      
 -----------------------------------
|     |     |     |     |     |  x  |   
|  87 |  88 |  91 | 100 |     | xxx |      10
|     |  *5 |     |  *3 |     |  x  |      
 -----------------------------------
|     |     |     |     |     |  x  |   
|  96 |  97 |  99 | 101 |     | xxx |      8
|     |     |  *5 |     |     |  x  |      
 -----------------------------------

Order of Play:

AJ - 20
Argus - 31
Weez - 56
Gypsy - 86

AJ is low enough to choose his own adventure, busting Row 2 for 2 points.

Argus increments the former Row 1, now the new Row 2, leaving just enough space for Weez and Gypsy to follow behind and fill it up.

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 START                          BUST   CURRENT
 CARD                           ROW    ROW TOTAL
   V                             V
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|     |     |     |     |     |  x  |
|  20 |     |     |     |     | xxx |      3
|  *3 |     |     |     |     |  x  |      
 -----------------------------------
|     |     |     |     |     |  x  |   
|   9 |  30 |  31 |  56 |  86 | xxx |      7
|     |  *3 |     |     |     |  x  |      
 -----------------------------------
|     |     |     |     |     |  x  |   
|  87 |  88 |  91 | 100 |     | xxx |      10
|     |  *5 |     |  *3 |     |  x  |      
 -----------------------------------
|     |     |     |     |     |  x  |   
|  96 |  97 |  99 | 101 |     | xxx |      8
|     |     |  *5 |     |     |  x  |      
 -----------------------------------

Order of Play:

Argus - 45
AJ - 46
Weez - 72
Gypsy - 80

Everyone squeezes onto Row 1, filling it!

Last moves, everyone!

And it's down to the wire... Weez is 1 point under the game-ending threshold so we might get to a Hand 6. And AJ is ahead of Argus by a single pip.

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 START                          BUST   CURRENT
 CARD                           ROW    ROW TOTAL
   V                             V
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|     |     |     |     |     |  x  |
|  20 |  45 |  46 |  72 |  80 | xxx |      10
|  *3 |  *2 |     |     |  *3 |  x  |      
 -----------------------------------
|     |     |     |     |     |  x  |   
|   9 |  30 |  31 |  56 |  86 | xxx |      7
|     |  *3 |     |     |     |  x  |      
 -----------------------------------
|     |     |     |     |     |  x  |   
|  87 |  88 |  91 | 100 |     | xxx |      10
|     |  *5 |     |  *3 |     |  x  |      
 -----------------------------------
|     |     |     |     |     |  x  |   
|  96 |  97 |  99 | 101 |     | xxx |      8
|     |     |  *5 |     |     |  x  |      
 -----------------------------------

Order of Play:

Gypsy - 48
Argus - 68
AJ - 73
Weez - 76

Everyone plays to bust with Gypsy taking the lead with Row 2's 7 points.

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 START                          BUST   CURRENT
 CARD                           ROW    ROW TOTAL
   V                             V
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|     |     |     |     |     |  x  |
|  48 |  68 |  73 |  76 |     | xxx |      4
|     |     |     |     |     |  x  |      
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|     |     |     |     |     |  x  |   
|  20 |  45 |  46 |  72 |  80 | xxx |      10
|  *3 |  *2 |     |     |  *3 |  x  |      
 -----------------------------------
|     |     |     |     |     |  x  |   
|  87 |  88 |  91 | 100 |     | xxx |      10
|     |  *5 |     |  *3 |     |  x  |      
 -----------------------------------
|     |     |     |     |     |  x  |   
|  96 |  97 |  99 | 101 |     | xxx |      8
|     |     |  *5 |     |     |  x  |      
 -----------------------------------

Order of Play:

Argus - 47
Gypsy - 57
Weez - 77
AJ - 79

AJ enters the final round with a 1-pip lead over Argus, while Weez and Gypsy are one pip shy of the end-the-game threshold.

Argus ends up busting, and naturally chooses the lowest-point Row 1 for 4 points. This puts him 5 points behind AJ but everyone lives to play another hand.

Had Argus chosen to bust Row 4, however, things could have been different. He'd be 9 points behind for the moment, but that would have added Weez's 5-point play to Row 1 causing AJ to bust it for 9 points, tying it up at 42 points. But we'd still be going to another hand...

Scores this hand:
AJ 7
Gypsy 7
Weez 7
Argus 9

Cumulative scores for the game:
AJ 33
Argus 38
Gypsy 65
Weez 65

A tale of two games. It was the lowest of scores. It was the highest of scores.

Last time we went to a hand 6, one of the players at 65 took 0 points and won while everyone else went over.

https://www.dreamlyrics.com/forums/ubbthreads.php?ubb=showflat&Number=966057#Post966057

Amazing! Shows you should never give up!

Yes, let's go Gypsy!

Of course the scores in that other game were a lot closer after hand 5....